Talent.com
Global Purchasing Senior Specialist

Global Purchasing Senior Specialist

Bristol Myers SquibbWarszawa, Województwo mazowieckie, Polska
24 days ago
Job description

Join to apply for the Global Purchasing Senior Specialist role at Bristol Myers Squibb .

Working with Us

Challenging. Meaningful. Life‑changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high‑achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more careers.bms.com / working-with-us.

Position Purpose

The Global Purchasing Sr. Specialist plays a crucial role in coordinating and leading financial and vendor management in a multi‑country environment for HR.

  • Build and maintain Supplier Governance with assigned HR function and / or geographic region.
  • Provide continuous improvement within Global Vendor Management Processes to enhance stakeholders' experience and align business strategy / requirements.
  • Provide subject matter expertise with BMS policy and procedures for purchasing and payment processing.
  • Collaborate with internal and external parties to problem solve with an understanding of end‑to‑end processes and knowledge of impacts to decisions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Proactively execute and coordinate the "Purchase to pay" process for People Services, working closely with regional teams and SMEs across HR and BMS.
  • Manage monitoring and tracking invoices to ensure timely payment.
  • Conduct financial tracking, monitoring, and reporting of Purchase Orders against actual budgeted amounts.
  • Prepare and communicate monthly financial variance reports.
  • Lead collaboration with cross‑functional teams, both internal and external to ensure invoices are validated and approved before releasing payment.
  • Execute full life cycle of Purchase Orders management in SAP / ARIBA including creation, maintenance, on‑time payments, and closure.
  • Build relationships with cross‑functional teams such as Accounts Payable, Global Payments, Finance, Procurement, and functional support teams.
  • Provide subject matter expertise regarding procurement and finance policies and procedures, utilizing SAP, ARIBA, and Icertis.
  • Work with HR and Finance to manage the harmonization of various acquired companies, ensuring benefits and compensation are correctly aligned to allow for smooth day‑to‑day business operations without issues.
  • Provide insight and guidance to HR on the BMS ways of working addressing issues such as :
  • Managing procurement processes

  • Overseeing vendor creation
  • Contract management
  • Facilitating the I2P process
  • Handling non‑BMS system payments through heritage payment systems
  • Knowledge, Skills and Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Experience with financial / budget
  • Experience in purchase order / vendor payment processing utilizing SAP / Ariba
  • Ability to work in a matrix team with strong exceptional organizational skills
  • Advanced level data analysis, Excel and complex reporting skills
  • Excellent communication skills to work across regional remote teams and markets
  • Ability to identify, analyze and solve problems with limited guidance
  • Identify and drive areas for continuous improvement
  • On‑site Protocol

    BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site‑essential, site‑by‑design, field‑based and remote‑by‑design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role. Site‑essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site‑by‑design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive company culture. For field‑based and remote‑by‑design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

    Equal Employment Opportunity and Disability Accommodation

    BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations / adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation / adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations / adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to Visit careers.bms.com / eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

    BMS cares about your well‑being and the well‑being of our staff, customers, patients, and communities. As a result, the Company strongly recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid‑19 and keep up to date with Covid‑19 boosters.

    BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

    Seniority Level

    Associate

    Employment Type

    Full‑time

    Job Function

    Purchasing and Supply Chain

    Industries

    Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

    #J-18808-Ljbffr

    Create a job alert for this search

    Purchasing Specialist • Warszawa, Województwo mazowieckie, Polska